Section 568.002 - Registration Required(a) A person must register with the board before beginning work in a pharmacy in this state as a pharmacy technician or a pharmacy technician trainee.(b) The board may allow a pharmacy technician to petition the board for a special exemption from the pharmacy technician certification requirement if the pharmacy technician is in a county with a population of less than 50,000.(c) An applicant for registration as a pharmacy technician or a pharmacy technician trainee must submit an application on a form prescribed by the board.(d) A person's registration as a pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee remains in effect as long as the person meets the qualifications established by board rule.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 485,Sec. 18, eff. 9/1/2017.Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 583,Sec. 20, eff. 6/14/2013.Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.313(a), eff. 9/1/2001.